Estensan

Estensan
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association	Aure Louron
Coordinates	42 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  E
height	880-1,255 m
surface	1.54 km 2
Residents	40 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65170
INSEE code	65172
View over the village

Estensan is a French commune with 40 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron .

geography

The municipality is located in the historic province of Bigorre , in the Pays d'Aure countryside .

Bazus aure	Bourisp	Camparan
Sailhan		Acet
	Ens

The capital of the municipality is about 900  m on the left flank of the Vallée d'Aure , through which the Neste d'Aure river runs. The place is about 40 km southeast of Lourdes . The municipality has an extremely low population density.

Population development

The development of the population is known from censuses that have been carried out since 1962. In the 21st century, censuses are conducted every five years in municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, and every year in larger cities.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2009
Residents	67	60	51	37	32	36	39	39	42

Attractions

Saint-Michel church

The municipality has several cultural monuments that are classified as Monument historique .

• Église Saint-Michel d'Estensan ( German : Church of St. Michael in Estensan ), neo-Romanesque church from the 19th century

Web links

Commons : Estensan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Estensan on the website of the National Geographic Institute

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Estensan on the Insee website on the INSEE website
2. ↑ Populations légales 2006 des communes du département. Insee , accessed on August 2, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Populations légales 2007 des communes du département. Insee, accessed on August 2, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Entry No. 65172 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)